Medical
Generation of Animals
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium) Bo…
The Natural History Volume 6
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Pliny the Elder
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
Infection and Immunity
Read by J. M. Smallheer
George M. Sternberg
Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…
On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp
Read by Peter Yearsley
William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
The author investigated the uses of cannabis resin as an anticonvulsant and relaxant in cases of tetanus, cholera, and infantile convulsions…
Music in Medicine
Read by James R. Hedrick
Sidney Licht
In spite of a spirited rebirth of the movement towards the establishment of a system of healing based on music, there are many valuable uses…
Great Testimony against Scientific Cruelty
Read by Jeffery
Stephen Coleridge
Vivisection is a pejorative term used by opponents of the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of physiological…
Malaria: A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome
Read by Leon Harvey
William Henry Samuel Jones
This short book has the objective of showing how important it is to stamp out malaria as soon as possible. Unlike a plague that suddenly tak…
An Alabama Student And Other Biographical Essays
Read by David Wales
Sir William Osler
Here are thirteen biographical sketches of physicians penned by one of the founders of modern medicine, William Osler, published in 1908. &…
Religion and Health
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James Joseph Walsh
In the introductory chapter and the one following we find the strong presentation of his thesis on the everlasting reality of religion. The …
Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy
Read by David Wales
James Moores Ball
Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones of modern medicine. Forsaking the study of anatomy by reading the anc…
Microbe Hunters
Read by Warren Kati
Paul De Kruif
Microbe Hunters provides dramatized accounts of eleven early pioneers of microbiology and their important discoveries. Beginning in 1650 wit…